One of the top young minds in the game, Kieran Hall joined the Duke women's soccer program as an assistant coach in 2019, before being elevated to associate head coach in June of 2020.

    Hall enters his fifth season with the Blue Devil women's soccer program, looking to build on an impressive first four years. Duke made its 25th NCAA Tournament appearance in Hall's first campaign, marking the program's fifth-straight showing in the Big Dance. In his increased role in 2020-21, Hall helped the Blue Devils navigate a season affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and was a key factor in Duke advancing to the NCAA Quarterfinals.

    The Blue Devils recorded 12 clean sheets in 2020-21 with eight coming as shutout victories -- both ranked second in the ACC. Duke held several ranked opponents to zero goals through 90 minutes or more, including a 1-0 win over No. 3 Clemson, a 0-0 draw versus No. 14 Vanderbilt, and a 0-0, penalty kick loss to top-seeded Florida State in the NCAA Quarterfinals.

    The Blue Devils amassed nine shutouts in Hall's first season, with four of those coming against top 25 opponents and three against top 15 foes. Duke's nine wins came by an average margin of three goals, as the team scored four or more goals on five occasions.

    In his short time with the Duke women's program, Hall has aided in the development of Sophie Jones, who earned All-ACC honors in her freshman (2019), sophomore (2020), junior (2021), and senior (2022) campaigns, while totaling an All-American season in 2020-21. He has also worked with All-ACC performers Delaney Graham and Taylor Mitchell, MAC Hermann Trophy winner Michelle Cooper and ACC Freshman of the Year Kat Rader.

    Since joining the women's soccer staff, eight Blue Devils have gone on to be selected in the NWSL Draft, including two first-round selections.  

    Hall joined the DWS program after spending three seasons on the Duke men’s soccer staff. In his three years, Hall helped Duke tally a 31-19-7 record, including a 24-11-5 showing over his last two seasons. Hall was an instrumental part in helping the Blue Devils earn a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, as the program captured the No. 6 national seed in 2017-18 and reach the Round of 16 in both showings. The No. 6 seed marked the first time the men’s soccer program had earned a national seed since the 2009 season.

    In Hall’s second season, the Blue Devils reeled off 13 victories, the most since winning 14 in 2009. The six-game improvement from the 2016 campaign matched the best one-year turnaround in program history. Hall helped Duke to 11 victories in its most recent campaign, giving the Blue Devils back-to-back 10-plus win seasons in seven years.

    Individually, Hall helped Duke produce a pair of United Soccer Coaches All-Americans and 10 All-ACC selections. Most recently, Hall and the Blue Devils produced five all-conference honorees, the most by the program since producing five in 2000. Headlining the group of five was All-ACC First Team selection Daniele Proch and 2018 ACC Rookie of the Year Issa Rayyan. Proch also earned United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America and Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

    Before joining the Duke men’s soccer staff in August 2016, Hall served as an assistant coach and consultant for the Indy Eleven of the NASL and as the Director of Operations at the University of Denver for a season.

    While in Indianapolis, the Fort Lewis College product worked with the club in a consulting capacity in preparation for the 2016 NASL season. Before his stint with the Eleven, Hall assisted the Denver Pioneer program with the design and periodization of training schedules and exercises. He also was integral in providing quality scouting reports to the Denver staff and student-athletes and supplied video analysis of the current players and potential recruits.

    Hall, before moving to Denver, was an assistant coordinator and scout for Levante UD of La Liga in Spain. He was the assistant coordinator of U13-U16 teams at the Spanish football academy. He also served as an opposition scout for Atlético Levante UD, the club’s professional B team, and U13-U16 age groups.

    Ahead of his move to Spain, the Great Britain native was an assistant coach for his alma mater Fort Lewis College as well as a youth coach for the

Durango United Soccer Association. He was named the 2012 Colorado Youth Soccer Coach of the Year for his efforts with the Durango United.

    A four-year starter at Fort Lewis College, Hall helped lead the Skyhawks to the 2005 NCAA Division II National Championship and the 2006 NCAA runner-up. He served as a team captain and was an all-conference and all-region selection during his time at Fort Lewis.

    Hall’s international experience includes being a starting center midfielder for Great Britain’s U-23 team which advanced to the semifinals at the World University Games in Serbia. He also was a member of the team for the event in Thailand in 2007.

    After completing his career and earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fort Lewis, Hall was drafted and offered a contract by the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.

    Hall holds a Union of European Football (UEFA) “B” license and earned a Master’s in Football Management from Universidad Europea de Madrid.